Events
Jack Davis' "Dreamers" presented by Wesley Enoch and Rakutendan
28 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
Director Wesley Enoch from Australia who directed 'Stolen' for the 2002 Tokyo International Art Festival has been invited to co-direct the 5th in a series of Aboriginal contemporary plays presented by Rakutendan theatre production company. Dreamers, written by Jack Davis, translated by Keiji Sawada and directed by Yoshio Wada and Wesley Enoch, will run from 28th September to 2nd October at Nakano Actre Studio.
Brief Outline of The Dreamers:
The time is the 1980s, set in the outskirts of Perth, Australia. Enduring the a abusive reality of rough city living -drunkenness, poverty, police harassment and imprisonment - the story marks the few days during which Uncle Worru passes away. The dying Worru embodies the restless spirit of the Nyoongah people and the lament of an entire generation - its language and cultural identity. That spirit is passed on to Uncle Worru's niece Dolly. The Dreamers was first performed by the Swan River Stage Company in Perth in 1982, with Davis himself playing Worru.
Artists
Wesley Enoch
Wesley Enoch is from Stradbroke Island. Wesley has been Artistic Director of Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts, Associate Artist with the Queensland Theatre Company, Resident Director with Sydney Theatre Company and Artistic Director of Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-op. He has recently directed Fountains Beyond (Queensland Theatre Company), Stolen (Playbox/Ilbijerri), Romeo and Juliet (Bell Shakespeare), Black Medea, The Sunshine Club, Black-ed Up, and The Cherry Pickers (Sydney Theatre Company), and The 7 Stages of Grieving and The Dreamers for Company B.
Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-op
Rakutendan
Rakutendan introduces and collaborates with the best overseas actors of minority status to Japan. Thus far it has worked in collaboration with an Aboriginal Canadian writer at the Canada theatre festival in 2001, and since 2002 has produced a series of contemporary Aboriginal Australian plays. It makes new theatrical creations in exchange with collaborators from other cultures and genres. Rakutendan hope to communicate the Aboriginal spirit through traditional dance and music and the Japanese translation of the script.
| Date |
28 September 2005 - 2 October 2005 Wednesday 28 September 2005, 7pm |
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| Venue |
Studio Actre Sun Nakano Mansion B1 |
| Admission |
Advance 3000yen (3200yen at the door) Students 2500yen *This production will be all free seating. As it is a small venue, numbers will be limited. |
| Enquiries |
Office Mube Phone: 03-3384-3495 Website: http://actre.hp.infoseek.co.jp Email: Officemube@aol.com |
| Other Information |
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"Stolen", "The 7 Stages of Grieving"(2002) |
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